The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-15
JAMES q. B!AIAE.
Tho American Statesman, Now I'm Paris,
Sharply CriticiEes Tho Message Of Mr..
Cleveland.

terested In the comments OF the London papers.
il, o tree trade manifesto and evidently are antic-
ipating an enlarged market for English fabrics
In the United States az 2 consequence Of me
fact stamped the character OF the message more
clearly than any words OF mine can"
you don't mean actual free trade without
| duty?" Querfed the reporter.
mo" replied Mr.. Blaine. Nor do the London
| papers mean thai. They simply mean that the
g%.ssidean y I has recommended GO : negadna what in re the Hni ted
protective feature as an object; and not even per-
uniting protection to result freely as an Incident
tory Of tbe United States the president recon-
mends retaining the internal tax in order that
the tariff may be forced down even below the
fair revenue standard. He recommends that the
tax on tobacco be retained, and thus that many
millions annually shall be levied on q do
nnestic product which would far better come
from q tariff on foreign fabrics. I should urge the
repeal Of the tobacco tax at once. even before
the Christmas holidays. It would In the first
place bring great relief to growers of tobacco all
over the country. and would, moreover. materi-
ally lessen the price Of the article to consumers.
= Tobacco to millions Of men is q necessity. The
luxury of yesterday becomesa necessity to-day.
The only excuse for such q tax Is the actual me-
cessity under which the government found itself
during the war, and the years Immediately fol-
lowing: To retain the tax now in order to de-
stroy the protection which would incidentally
flow from raising the same amount Of money on
foreign imports, Is certainly a most extraordi-
nary policy for our government. I would not
HuVlSe tue IGpSdl VI CH6 WQlSky-GAX.r OGQGI COLI
alterations than those Of financial administra-
tion are to be taken into account with regard to
whisky. There Is
To cheaper the price of whisky is to increase
the consumption enormously. There would be
no sense in urging the reform wrought by high
ment neutralizes the good effect by making
whisky within reach OF every one Al 20 cents 8
gallon. Whisky would be everywhere dis
titled II the surveillance of the government
were Withdraw INV the reTnIcQiOn nf fho tov
1t would destroy high license at once in all the
states. Whisky has done a vast deal OF harm in
the United States. Iwould try to make It do
some good. would use the tax to fortify. our
cities on the seaboard. In view OF the powerful
letter addressed to the Democratic party on the
subject OF forsification by the late Samuel J:
has been paid to the subject by the Democratic
Administration. So long as there ts whisky to
tax | would would tax = i it, ana when the ma.
the money I would divide the tax
among the federal union witt the specific object
OF tightening the tax on real estate. The houses
and farms OF the whole country pay too large q
proportion of the total taxes. II ultimately re-
lief could be given in that direction 1t would, in
my JUDGMENT, be a wise and beneticent policy.
ance have urged that the government should not
use the money derived from the tax on, whisky.
MY reply is that the tax on whisky by the fed
eral government with its suppression Of all Illicit
dist1llation and consequent enhancement OF
price, has been a powerful agent in the temper
a9s &c m Tst0y,n by hy p gmonnt y 7 nsyopd the the reach y
in the United States per capita to-day is not
more than 40 per cent OF that consumed thirty
years ago. In my Judgment the whisky tax
should be so modified as to permit all who use
pure alcohol in mechanical pursuits to have
1t free Of tax. In all such cases the tax
could be omitted without danger Of fraud.
I should seriously object to the repeal Of tue
duty on wool. 70 repeal that would work great
injustice to many interests, and would seriously
discourage what we should earnestly encourage,
| nnmnIv the shaQr a11trrn d anon Forvnor
! throughout the Union. To break, down wool
growing and be dependent on foreign countries
for the blanket under which we sleep, and the
for the national government to enforce"
D you think i the presidents recommends
INCREASE U EXPORT TRADER.
Possibly In some few articles OF peculiar con-
struct1on it might, but it wonid Increase our
inpSet ,a tpsae Il, ten xooien as ann much en, IL the neos great II
iron, in steel. in all the thousand and one shapes
in which they are wrought. How are wet ex-
port ssS ,Is m fapssa abs 70 t cnsa markets tssn Ct ,bs Europe g 5
Europe, and how are we to manufacture them
cheaper than they do unless we get
Enropeq The question Of labor underiies the
whole subject. 1t Ii. in fact, the entire question.
Whenever we can force carpenters. masons, iron
WORKERS as s ana M mechanics sna les IN ! every department. p It'll : to
States as similar workmen in Europe, we can, of
course, manufacture just as cheapiy as they do
| III E0RlAQQ anu IEaQC6. Blu J. am GOGaly OD-
posed to q policy that would entail such results.
To attempt it is equivalent to Q social and fnan-
cial revolution, one that would bring untold dis
tress' r,, Inc m nome ds; you Deein TO IMPORT freely
mechanical and manufacturing pursuits. In the
same proportion they become tillers of the soil.
decreasing steadily the large home demand.
which Is constantly enlarging as home manu-
facturers enlarge. That, OF. course, works great
injury to the farmer, Cutting the market with
1 his nrOdnct9 and tending COnatanf1v IN 1oxvor
PRICES.
ucts would be increased In like ratio, would 1t
not?"
Even suppose it were" said Mr.. Blaine, .how
do you know the source from which 1t will be
IN eRe Asiat hns po ssaasRsy i n Ensisnd iG Is scw and
a large increase Of the grain supply. the grain
being raised by thes cheapest possible labor.
stuffs where they can get them cheapest. and
the charging OF the home market for the Ameri-
can farmer being checked he would search in
sales are already checked BY the great conpeti.
ton abroad. There never was a time when the
increase OF a large home marketrwasss so valuable
prosperous in proportion to the nearness Of
manufacturing ~centerss and q protective tariff
tends to spread manufactures"
"But those holding the presidents views" re-
marked the reporter, ARE always Quoting the
eFess prosperity Of the country under the tariff
ol.a Tba5 tariff did not ,nvo,v. the one de.trnot,v.
point recommended by the president. namely,
the retaining Of direct internal taxes In order to
abolish indirect taxes levied on foreign fabrics.
under 1us atn It e Sg tSe na crim nsGalla war ad inToIains
impairing their trade. All these incidents
UUels an sasssss yes aslalelss of the 70 n assds II n sns
tariff. But mark the end Of this European ex-
perience with the tariff Of 1916. Its enactment
was immediately followed BY the Mexican war:
then in 12AQ hv the Urnat c0nvr11finua Of E,1roros